In 1980 a friend from California was visiting me in Denver and gave me some albums. On of them was "Los Angeles". X's punk/beatnik sound flat knocked me out. Three years later my band got to warm up for X at the Mercury Cafe. A magic time for me.
Didn’t Morrissey and Marr decide to cover “Marie’s the name . . . . “ as an intro to “Rusholme Ruffians” during live sets and it ended up on RANK. The Smiths live album.
Weird I saw both X and Stray Cats at the same club (Merlyn’s in Madison WI) on different nights. X was July 82 right as Under the Big Black Sun was coming out. The Replacements opened. Stray Cats I think was 82. Definitely before they got big. They came on at like 1am hours after expected and it was so hot people almost rioted before they came on.
The fact that even Brians parents never heard of Gene Vincent or Eddie Cochran says a lot about American Music Industry, without CBS FM oldies station you never would have heard be bop a lula
87 was that odd moment in Zoom's career when he had left X and was drifting about. Billy's guitar work was actually tasty on Ain't Love Grand, which was not a great album. I saw X in 1987 at the Universal Ampitheater with Jerry Lee Lewis and fIREHOSE. It was an astounding concert, but too bad I missed Billy. Tony Gilkyson was playing with X and he was excellent.
Saw X at After the Gold Rush in Tempe az on 4/27/87, with Concrete Blonde(best birthday ever!). Apparently about a week before this. Was a hell of a show.
The 80s were such a blur - high all the time,young dumb & full of come- i think i was at the palladium on sunset when i stumbled in with the soon to be mother of my daughter. Had a great time with the rockabilly crowd as many were trying to break in the genre at that time. I think it wS like 82-83 allthe punk bands were on deck and the ska bands had their scene as well . The hair bands were pretty Much limited to Gazaries & the starwood and hanging out at the rainbow.😊 Im 65 now...good times everything was so new including the new wave bands ha ha.
@@jdh9676 I saw X open a couple weeks ago for Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew's "Remain in Light" tour, at The Warfield SF. I was right up front 2 folks back from Billy's side of the stage. So glad I did, great show! He's the consummate musician's musician.
@@yournamehere6719 Yes, Billy is great. A real survivor and genuinely nice man. I've had the pleasure of seeing X dozens and dozens of times since their return over two decades ago. Truly amazing band and group of musicians. I've also had the pleasure of meeting them. Really genuine and gracious folks, all. And of course absolutely amazing live band. I've never seen a bad X show. Not even once. Unfortunately due to a motorcycle accident leaving me severely disabled and current dire circumstances my last show was in 2018. But I hope to make it out to see them one last time. Somehow. I catch the youtube uploads and all that. They seem great as ever. Glad you enjoyed them.
I wouldn’t say they “never went anywhere”. All 3 men are listed in Wikipedia, have recorded numerous albums and CDs between themselves, and have done 1000’s of performances over the past 40 years.
They're very young and having fun... I don't think they're acting smug at all... As for them not going anywhere...The Stray cats are a household name, (not mention The Honey Drippers)X is a legendary band produced by Ray Manzerik ... They are in the Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 ( One of the biggest movies of this summer) If that's going nowhere,sign me up.
One of the first club shows I ever saw was X in '79. The club was less than half full & I couldn't understand why. They were so f-ing good.
Billy ZOOOOM!✌
wow...very cool video of these three killers
*BILLY ZOOM: NICE GUY, PUNK LEGEND*
Saw X back in the 80's
In 1980 a friend from California was visiting me in Denver and gave me some albums. On of them was "Los Angeles". X's punk/beatnik sound flat knocked me out. Three years later my band got to warm up for X at the Mercury Cafe. A magic time for me.
Billy sings?!? Excellent trio of Blue, wild, black, stray, top cats.
Great group of guys. Brian has a guitar tech named Billy Zoom. A couple of my favorite guitarist right here.
Billy sings! This was a lot more collegial than the excerpt led me to expect. Thanks!
I saw X here in San Diego about 3 weeks ago, and the Stray Cats 4 days later. both were great shows!
Wow! Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Didn’t Morrissey and Marr decide to cover “Marie’s the name . . . . “ as an intro to “Rusholme Ruffians” during live sets and it ended up on RANK. The Smiths live album.
Brian's hair!!!!! WOW!!!!!!! It went from a nice quaff to a house lol.
Weird I saw both X and Stray Cats at the same club (Merlyn’s in Madison WI) on different nights. X was July 82 right as Under the Big Black Sun was coming out. The Replacements opened. Stray Cats I think was 82. Definitely before they got big. They came on at like 1am hours after expected and it was so hot people almost rioted before they came on.
The fact that even Brians parents never heard of Gene Vincent or Eddie Cochran says a lot about American Music Industry, without CBS FM oldies station you never would have heard be bop a lula
Art! Thank you so much for posting this! You caught lightning in a bottle. Again.
87 was that odd moment in Zoom's career when he had left X and was drifting about. Billy's guitar work was actually tasty on Ain't Love Grand, which was not a great album. I saw X in 1987 at the Universal Ampitheater with Jerry Lee Lewis and fIREHOSE. It was an astounding concert, but too bad I missed Billy. Tony Gilkyson was playing with X and he was excellent.
You can be Cool but you can never be Billy Zoom Cool
Insane hair
Wonder If Setzer still has that Indian Chief, he's more of a Triumph guy now-a-days
Indian Chief, now resides in Japan
So great to see and hear these things from long ago, especially that beautiful and strong song " TURN AROUND " from James Intveld,s brother Rick ....
Saw X at After the Gold Rush in Tempe az on 4/27/87, with Concrete Blonde(best birthday ever!). Apparently about a week before this. Was a hell of a show.
The 80s were such a blur - high all the time,young dumb & full of come- i think i was at the palladium on sunset when i stumbled in with the soon to be mother of my daughter. Had a great time with the rockabilly crowd as many were trying to break in the genre at that time. I think it wS like 82-83 allthe punk bands were on deck and the ska bands had their scene as well . The hair bands were pretty
Much limited to Gazaries & the starwood and hanging out at the rainbow.😊 Im 65 now...good times everything was so new including the new wave bands ha ha.
Thanks a lot for this precious share.
Fantastic real rockin' guys...
What about Billy Zoom? He treats really weird :-) Looks little arrogant...
Billy always been a confident and self assured musician.
@@jdh9676 I saw X open a couple weeks ago for Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew's "Remain in Light" tour, at The Warfield SF. I was right up front 2 folks back from Billy's side of the stage. So glad I did, great show! He's the consummate musician's musician.
@@yournamehere6719 Yes, Billy is great. A real survivor and genuinely nice man. I've had the pleasure of seeing X dozens and dozens of times since their return over two decades ago. Truly amazing band and group of musicians. I've also had the pleasure of meeting them. Really genuine and gracious folks, all. And of course absolutely amazing live band. I've never seen a bad X show. Not even once. Unfortunately due to a motorcycle accident leaving me severely disabled and current dire circumstances my last show was in 2018. But I hope to make it out to see them one last time. Somehow. I catch the youtube uploads and all that. They seem great as ever. Glad you enjoyed them.
Great interview and performances, too bad the audio is not so great, but so interesting to see Billy and Brian together jamming!
It wasn't called rockabilly in the early sixties so it was just rock and roll
Bc it was still being adopted from country & black music to rock n roll and we can't forget r & b (Motown) making it's mark.
This is very cool. Thanks
That was a beautiful thing.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE UPLOAD
Zoom... WTF?!
These boys are all loaded, even the host!!(LOL)
These guys are really full of themselves...No wonder they never went anywhere.
I wouldn’t say they “never went anywhere”. All 3 men are listed in Wikipedia, have recorded numerous albums and CDs between themselves, and have done 1000’s of performances over the past 40 years.
I don’t think you know anything about Brian Setzer
They're very young and having fun... I don't think they're acting smug at all...
As for them not going anywhere...The Stray cats are a household name, (not mention The Honey Drippers)X is a legendary band produced by Ray Manzerik ... They are in the Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 ( One of the biggest movies of this summer)
If that's going nowhere,sign me up.
❤
There's nothing wrong with being a "B"list celebrity... It's actually better in some ways...
*They're more accessible..and usually more down to Earth.
The sound quality was horrible 😭